Narrative Disorder - Latest Comments

Re: In which I address the death of my father

Danisidhe — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:58:03 -0000

Thank you for the kind words. I hope your family situation works out and, if you have to, you make sure the kids have someone on their side - parenting is a skill and an honour, not a right and bad ones don't deserve their dignity at the expense of the children.

Re: In which I address the death of my father

amgamble — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:38:03 -0000

I'm so sorry this is the support you got from your parents. As I watch a situation unroll among some relatives, I wonder if the key in both places is that the father couldn't confront the mother--whether or not he cared, he couldn't do the hard thing, he couldn't make a scene.

And he did have a negative consequence: he didn't get to have you in his life.

~Peace~~

Re: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Danisidhe — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 22:20:29 -0000

I'm not sure if we are actually thinking of the same stores, though there is a map in the post lol. The photo of the Union Commerce shop is ALL there is to the shop - it's about 4 square metres of space!
If Tsubaya is the shop I mentioned across the road from Union, then thankyou for the name, but I think we must be talking about different shops because the shop across the road from Union looked, from the street, to be much bigger than Union...

Re: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Cyril — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:41:31 -0000

I would add that in front of Union commerce on the other side of the street there is つばや Tsubaya, another knife shop.
At each of my travel in Japan, I get my knife from Tsubaya.
I find Union a little too big and commercial.

C.

Re: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Danisidhe — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:24:51 -0000

Mine were going in and out of their boxes till about a month ago when my block finally arrived. I ordered a magnetic one online but it ended up going to Canada first and got stuck in customs for two weeks! It work beautifully for my Mac knives but def does not fit 10 knives (unless they mean 10 pairing knives)! http://www.cutleryandmore.com/...

back in their boxes in a few weeks, though, for the trip back to Sydney...

Re: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Shane — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:12:11 -0000

I think of you every time I pull out my Kasumi's - love 'em to bits but they are still in their protective "velvet" storage boxes ;) as I haven't found the right knife block yet. My knifes will be a "souvenir" that I will enjoy for years to come and I have zero regrets about the expense and great memories of our girls weekend!

Re: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Danielle — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:08:11 -0000

Oh thank you! I guess I was being taught something which would work but was in keeping with where we were in our lessons! Or I just remembered it wrong. I'll fix it straight away!

And thank you also for the compliments :) I hope your friends get some use from the blog!

Re: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

Kats Konishi — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:39:44 -0000

Great article! I'm often in the Kappabashi area, but I don't really know much about knives so your article was very informative. I'll use the info next time I take my friends visiting Japan from overseas and I'll direct them to your site before they arrive in Japan.

One comment/correction (I hope I'm not being a jerk) on the "Handy Japanese Phrases" section. "Mite o kudasai" might be understood, but it actually means something like "Please look at this" (technically the grammar is a bit off as well) instead of "Please show me." "Please show me" would be "Misete kudasai" (no 'o' necessary). ['Mite' is 'Look", while 'Misete' is 'Show me'] Hope that helps.

Re: Tip! Buying cooking knives in Japan

hp88 (twitter) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:16:35 -0000

This is a great and informative article, thank you, one to bookmark! There is also one of the established Kappabashi family businesses that has a shop in Hiro-o that sells knives if you don't want to go all the way to Kappabashi. It is in one of the side streets near the organic shop (sorry can't be more specific!).

Re: There, I’ve said it.

Danielle — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 09:08:31 -0000

Thanks Ken, it is true, the beaches are great! I will do my best to blog about Sydney, perhaps I can help some people moving to Australia, but I can't imagine they'd be moving so far south, without going either rural or on to Melbourne, that I'd have much useful to say! I will have to do a post on it but I'm pretty sure the blog will shift its focus to writing (as I'll be submitting again in the first half of the year, I hope) and photography - lots of coastline pics I'm sure!

Re: There, I’ve said it.

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:21:47 -0000

hmm... it's kinda sad to hear that you're leaving Japan, but Sydney is also a pretty nice city to live in (although you're a little far south). I lived in Sydney for 5 years. It wouldn't be fair comparing Japan, Nagoya in your case, to Sydney, but I'm sure you'll settle in soon enough and start blogging about your adventures in Sydney! In fact, I'm looking forward to it!

I do miss the beaches though. Nothing in Japan compares to the beaches in Sydney.

Re: Virtual Tour: Our new area – Kakuozan, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya

Kelly — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:46:04 -0000

I enjoyed that aspect of Nagoya, possibly the only thing I did enjoy about Nagoya, but the fact there were alot of old-style Japan homes interspersed with the new buildings and shopping centres. I loved the fact that the Japanese homes all had very well cared for, and very traditional style gardens too.

It gave me a lot of inspiration to bring home for my own Japanese garden that I intend to start in the new year.

I also found that Nagoya loves Eggs...I saw one shop called "Bicycle Egg" (a bike store) and another called "Hallo Egg" (a cake shop)!! I loved all the "engrish" I found randomly.

The main thing I don't like about Nagoya is that every day at least once there is someone burning off, as in burning rubbish or something and it becomes very smoky!

Re: It’s too darn hot!

Kelly — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:41:30 -0000

Gee, you have alot of computers!! :)

Re: Hooray! Hooray! Spring is on the way!

Kelly — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:38:08 -0000

Wow, those blossoms are beautiful! :)

Re: TED… Tuesday? Amy Tan

Branli — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:17:24 -0000

Very cool! I had no idea TED was this good. I also can't believe they were so CLOSE TO HOME! :-P

Re: The Blood Red Pencil – a publishing blog.

Whyguy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:05:28 -0000

Thanks for sharing your blog with me. I've got lots of blogs to read today, and I'll be back, I've put you in my favorites.

Re: I’m back!

Danielle — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 05:31:57 -0000

Yep that's Mangonui :) The house overlooked Mill Bay so Mangonui proper was down the coast to the right.

Re: I’m back!

Tamakikat — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 04:11:11 -0000

Hi there. Enjoyed this post. Am wondering if you stayed near Mangonui. Some of the places in the photos look familiar.

Re: My week in tweets 2009-08-30

April Marie Claire Girl Japan — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:23:17 -0000

I don't even have twitter yet... I am having trouble keeping up with FB = )

Re: On Learning Katakana

Danielle — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:10:59 -0000

Thanks for the heads-up HV - I've removed the link so noone gets hacked. :)

Re: On Learning Katakana

HV — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:22:46 -0000

Hey guys. Don't click on the alpha. com thing. It is an attacked site ( hacks into your private information on your computer.) The tables are still good. THNX

Re: Slice of Heaven

Girl Japan (April Marie Claire — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:06:16 -0000

Finding the heat and humidity oppressive in Nagoya... you and me both. The sites are just breathtaking. My sincere apologies for being MIA for some time....

Re: The Down Side

Liv — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:45:26 -0000

Great post, Danielle. I was lucky in that I met my friends the first couple of days I moved to Japan and even after 2 years, I was one of the first to leave. But as the one leaving, I wondered about the expats who have lived abroad for so long that it's impossible to make a solid group. People keep leaving. What must it be like for the lifers to make new friends - knowing that they'll probably leave and who knows when?

Good luck to your friend! And to you, too :)

Re: The Down Side

Danielle — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:15:15 -0000

LOL The above trackback was picked up by akismet as spam but I've approved it because I think it's hysterical. This post was picked up by a site on New Zealand government and popped in the list of "related links" for information about the ANZUS Alliance.

Well, I guess we're doing our bit to make people aware of it here! teehee

Re: The Down Side

Danielle — Sun, 31 May 2009 10:09:35 -0000

And there is soooo much more to expose you to when you come down under (when we are back there of course!)

I think the equivalent to "swish" would be "swanky" or "shi shi" (however you spell it)? Whiz-bang, uber or epic would also suffice if we are looking for geekier alternatives. ^_^